March 29, 2012

Nicole by OPI Wel-Kim To My World Collection Swatches!

Happy Thursday! Today I have swatches of more additions to Nicole by OPI's Kardashian Kolors line to show you guys. These must be a huge success for Nicole by OPI with the way the keep adding to the collection! These 6 new polishes are all inspired by Kim, hence the collection name...Wel-Kim To My World! The polish names in this collection make me cringe a tiny bit but I really like a few of the shades! Hope you guys do also!

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Here Kim's The Sun is small opalescent glitter in a clear base. I didn't think this one would be anything special from the bottle but once I put it over black I ended up really liking it. I'm loving the colors the glitter flashes, it has a lot of blue, green and coppery looking pieces. This is one that I don't think you'd be able to get opaque on it's own since it's farily sparse. I used 1 coat of Here Kim's The Sun over black for the photos below.

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Kim Konfidential is described by Nicole by OPI as a honey-nude creme. This is a nice nude, probably not the best for my skintone but I'll probably still wear it because I do like it. The formula wasn't my favorite ever, it was a little streaky but easy to manage other than that. I used 3 coats for the photos below.

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Lights, Kim-era, Action! is a opalescent pearly kind of shade. I was obsessed with this in the bottle but I don't care for it on, at least not layered over black. This is very sheer so it's nothing something I would wear on it's own. I think it might look a bit better over a green or maybe a blue polish. I used 1 coat over black for the photos below. I was hoping this would be a little more duochrome but I feel like it fell a little flat :( All the photos below are in the shade.

Nothing Kim-pares To Blue is a light shimmery blue. It leans a little more to the periwinkle side in the bottle but that got washed out against my ghostly skin haha. This was my easy favorite of the collection, I ended up using it as a base for some layering I'll be showing soon...it was SO pretty! The formula was a little thin but it builds up nicely, I used 3 coats for the photos below.

Others Pale By Kim-parison is an eggshell white creme. I like this because it's not too stark of a while, I didn't feel like I was wearing white out on my nails. The formula was okay, it looked good at 2 coats but it wasn't leveling well on some of my nails so I ended up using 3 coats for the photos below.

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Up & Kim-ing Pink is a light pink creme. I do like this one since I am weirdly obsessed with pink lately but unfortunately this seems to be a pretty spot on dupe for Pink Friday that just came out with the Nicki Minaj Collection from OPI :( If you don't have easy access to OPI this might be a bit easier to find and a little cheaper depending on where you buy your polish. The formula was a little bit thick but I didn't have any problems with application I used 3 coats for the photos below.

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Here is Up & Kim-ing Pink next to Pink Friday, I used 3 coats of polish for both. Photo is in the shade.

Overall, I don't like these new additions as much as I hoped I would. I love Nothing Kim-pares to Blue, I feel like I'll probably be grabbing for Others Pale By Kim-parison a lot also since it's a nice shade of white.

Wel-Kim to My World will be available April 2012 for $7.99 each at retailers including CVS, Duane Reade, Harmon, Sears, ULTA and Wegmans. In Canada, this line will be available for $10.99 each at Jean Coutu, Loblaw and Shoppers Drug Mart.

Wow, I can't keep up with all the Kardashian colors. I feel like new ones come out every day! I actually like all of these. Nothing Kim-pares to Blue is probably my favorite too. Is it just me, or are the names getting a bit annoying with "Kim" in all of them?

I do like Here Kim's the Sun but I have to say I would never buy these just for the association. I started liking the Kardashians but really they've just turned into a money grabbing circus. Maybe that's a bit too extremist of me, like the people buying them JUST for the association but I really can't stand them anymore :S

I can handle their reality show, but their branding is going way to the extreme now. I guess they have to go for it now 'cause in 10 yrs or less they will all be has bends. I hope they are all investing their $ really well now.

I was looking on the secondary market and ran into the pearl one (the swatch shown there looked too go to be true - since I am really into layering, thought I would check back with my bloggers. I love the pearl LuxEffects by Essie. Since reading your review again and can 'see' in your photo of this one over black, it is FLAT....nothing I want to pay the inflated 2nd market prices on.